Estimated cost savings of increased use of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke in Canada.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Differences exist between European countries in the proportion of patients who die or become dependent after stroke. The aim of the present study was to identify differences in the use of time by stroke patients in 4 rehabilitation centers in 4 European countries. METHODS:In each of the 4 center...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： De Wit L,Putman K,Dejaeger E,Baert I,Berman P,Bogaerts K,Brinkmann N,Connell L,Feys H,Jenni W,Kaske C,Lesaffre E,Leys M,Lincoln N,Louckx F,Schuback B,Schupp W,Smith B,De Weerdt W

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Vasogenic brain edema is a frequent complication of ischemic stroke. The mechanism of the blood-brain barrier opening that underlies the edema formation is poorly understood. In the present study we examined the response of endothelial cells cultured from adult human brain to thrombogenic and fib...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Nagy Z,Kolev K,Csonka E,Pék M,Machovich R

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Growth of an intracranial aneurysm occurs in around 10% of patients at 2-year follow-up imaging and may be associated with aneurysm rupture. We investigated whether PHASES, a score providing absolute risks of aneurysm rupture based on 6 easily retrievable risk factors, also predicts aneurysm grow...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Backes D,Vergouwen MD,Tiel Groenestege AT,Bor AS,Velthuis BK,Greving JP,Algra A,Wermer MJ,van Walderveen MA,terBrugge KG,Agid R,Rinkel GJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Telestroke has been effective in the management of acute ischemic stroke. This study characterizes and compares stroke specialist (SS) and emergency physician (EP) perceptions of telestroke and identifies barriers preventing increased implementation. METHODS:A survey was developed and distribute...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Moskowitz A,Chan YF,Bruns J,Levine SR

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Dichloroacetate facilitates a decrease in brain lactate during reperfusion after incomplete ischemia. This study examined the possible activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase enzyme by dichloroacetate to explain this effect. Because the duration of ischemia and hyperglycemia exacerbate ischemic brai...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Dimlich RV,Nielsen MM

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:On the assumption that the majority of lacunes are caused by small-vessel diseases and that pial artery infarcts arise from cardio-embolic or large-vessel diseases, 194 patients from the Berlin Cerebral Ischemia Data Bank with either lacunar or pial artery infarcts were analyzed for the frequency...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Mast H,Thompson JL,Völler H,Mohr JP,Marx P

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We sought to measure the overall rate of usage of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) for ischemic stroke at academic medical centers, and to determine whether ethnicity was associated with usage. METHODS:Between June and December 1999, 42 academic medical centers in the United States each i...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Johnston SC,Fung LH,Gillum LA,Smith WS,Brass LM,Lichtman JH,Brown AN

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I used leg and arm paresis to predict outcome measured as extremity function in a prospective study of 75 consecutive hemiplegic patients admitted to an inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit. In each patient, extremity paresis was quantified according to the five-point scoring system advised by the Medical Research Cou...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Olsen TS

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We sought to assess the reproducibility, interobserver variability, and application to clinical studies of a new method for the quantitative assessment of carotid plaque echogenicity. METHODS:Carotid plaques were scanned with the use of ultrasound, and their images were stored in a computer. The...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Sabetai MM,Tegos TJ,Nicolaides AN,Dhanjil S,Pare GJ,Stevens JM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Changes in vascular permeability are well-known and important consequences of cerebral ischemia. The development of edema and of petechial hemorrhage is connected to altered vascular integrity. A major part in microvascular integrity is played by the basal lamina. METHODS:The fates of the basal ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Hamann GF,Okada Y,Fitridge R,del Zoppo GJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a valid, reproducible scale that measures neurological deficit. Of 42 possible points, 7 points are directly related to measurement of language compared with only 2 points related to neglect. METHODS:We examined the placebo arm of the NIN...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Woo D,Broderick JP,Kothari RU,Lu M,Brott T,Lyden PD,Marler JR,Grotta JC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:It has been reported that National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores correlate poorly with hypoperfused tissue measured by perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI) in nondominant hemisphere stroke. We conducted 2 studies to determine whether tests of hemispatial neglect provide a better me...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Hillis AE,Wityk RJ,Barker PB,Ulatowski JA,Jacobs MA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen unanesthetized sheep were given Evans blue dye or radionuclide and then were incrementally bled into hemorrhagic shock (BP less than 50/25) by withdrawal of blood over a period of approximately one hour. Four sheep served as controls for histologic data. Static nuclide brain scans performed in 6 bled sheep d...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Bronshvag MM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Many studies have reported frequent cognitive deficits associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and aneurysm repair. One study found more severe cognitive deficits after clipping than coiling of aneurysms, raising the possibility that deficits are due to surgery instead of SAH itself. This p...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Tuffiash E,Tamargo RJ,Hillis AE

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Acetazolamide is commonly used with single-photon CT to assess the cerebrovascular reserve in patients with internal carotid artery stenosis or occlusion. In this study we wanted to evaluate the effects of adenosine, a well-known vasodilatatory compound with a short biological half-life, on brain...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Soricelli A,Postiglione A,Cuocolo A,De Chiara S,Ruocco A,Brunetti A,Salvatore M,Ell PJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Information about the long-term prognosis of young adults with ischemic stroke is limited. Therefore, we performed a follow-up assessment of 296 patients with ischemic stroke who are enrolled in the Iowa Registry of Stroke in Young Adults. We studied young adults (age, 15 to 45 years) who were re...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Kappelle LJ,Adams HP Jr,Heffner ML,Torner JC,Gomez F,Biller J

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum microelectrodes were used to measure H2 clearance in mouse brain, and the clearance curves were used to calculate regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF). The curves were usually biexponential, whether or not electrode placement was confined to the cortex. When calculated by the height over area method, rCBF in a...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Rosenblum WI

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:A right-to-left shunt can be identified by contrast transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (c-TCD) at rest and/or after a Valsalva maneuver (VM) or by arterial blood gas (ABG) measurement. We assessed the influence of controlled strain pressures and durations during VM on the right-to-left passage ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Devuyst G,Piechowski-Józwiak B,Karapanayiotides T,Fitting JW,Kémeny V,Hirt L,Urbano LA,Arnold P,van Melle G,Despland PA,Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is tightly related to the resistance of cells to stress and injury. However, little is known about the roles of TERT in the nervous system. We try to investigate the effects of TERT on the function of astrocytes in developing rat brains subjected to hypoxia...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Qu Y,Duan Z,Zhao F,Wei D,Zhang J,Tang B,Li J,Yang C,Mu D

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Development of translational functional imaging modalities for atherosclerosis risk stratification is sought for stroke prediction. Our group has developed late-phase contrast-enhanced ultrasound (LP-CEUS) to quantify microbubble contrast retention within carotid atherosclerosis and shown it to s...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Shalhoub J,Monaco C,Owen DR,Gauthier T,Thapar A,Leen EL,Davies AH

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Transcranial Doppler ultrasound can detect circulating cerebral emboli. Monitoring of patients with potential embolic sources may allow identification of high-risk patients who can then be selected for prophylactic treatment. However, practical patient monitoring will require automated programs t...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Markus H,Loh A,Brown MM

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inflammatory mechanisms can exacerbate ischemic tissue damage and worsen clinical outcome in patients with stroke. Both αβ and γδ T cells are established mediators of tissue damage in stroke, and the role of dendritic cells (DCs) in inducing the early events of T cell activation and differentiati...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Gelderblom M,Gallizioli M,Ludewig P,Thom V,Arunachalam P,Rissiek B,Bernreuther C,Glatzel M,Korn T,Arumugam TV,Sedlacik J,Gerloff C,Tolosa E,Planas AM,Magnus T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Indications for carotid endarterectomy have engendered considerable debate among experts and have resulted in publication of retrospective reviews, natural history studies, audits of community practice, position papers, expert opinion statements, and finally prospective randomized trials. The Ame...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Moore WS,Barnett HJ,Beebe HG,Bernstein EF,Brener BJ,Brott T,Caplan LR,Day A,Goldstone J,Hobson RW 2nd

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor inhibition has been hypothesized to provide neuroprotective efficacy after cerebral ischemia on the basis of the activity in experimental ischemia models of a variety of compounds with varying selectivity for AMPA over other...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Menniti FS,Buchan AM,Chenard BL,Critchett DJ,Ganong AH,Guanowsky V,Seymour PA,Welch WM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I provide the theoretical basis for an error calculus for measurements of cerebral blood flow using a freely diffusible tracer substance such as xenon-133. The use of the error calculus is exemplified by a study of the effect on the error margins in measurements of gray matter blood flow from flow level, relative weig...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Ryding E

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We investigated the effect of hypothermia induced 1 hour after transient (2-hour) middle cerebral artery occlusion on the extent of ischemic cell damage in the rat. METHODS:Middle cerebral artery occlusion was induced extracranially by insertion of a nylon filament into the right internal caroti...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Zhang RL,Chopp M,Chen H,Garcia JH,Zhang ZG

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MRI is becoming the imaging modality of choice in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease although CT is still the test of choice to exclude acute hemorrhagic stroke. We have briefly reviewed characteristic features of ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease as well as vascular anomalies as seen on MRI...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Ramadan NM,Deveshwar R,Levine SR

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:This study examines whether lesion shape documented on magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging during acute stroke improves the prediction of the final infarct volume compared with lesion volume only. METHODS:Diffusion-weighted imaging data and clinical information were retrospectively rev...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Frindel C,Rouanet A,Giacalone M,Cho TH,Østergaard L,Fiehler J,Pedraza S,Baron JC,Wiart M,Berthezène Y,Nighoghossian N,Rousseau D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of prostaglandin E1 on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was studied with the intra-arterial 133Xe method in ten awake patients under local anesthesia. Measurements were taken from 16 areas of a hemisphere in seven patients, from 35 areas of a hemisphere in two patients and from 256 areas of a hemisphere ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Olesen J

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Evidence suggests that the protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1), a thrombin receptor, mediates neuronal injury in experimental cerebral ischemia. The present study investigated whether PAR-1 plays a role in brain injury after global cerebral ischemia. METHODS:Adult male wild-type or PAR-1 knock...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Wang J,Jin H,Hua Y,Keep RF,Xi G

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00